President-elect Donald Trump has tapped House Republican Conference chair and longtime ally Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, a Trump transition official confirmed to NBC News on Monday. Stefanik is Trump's first ...

With two allies, Elise Stefanik and Bruce Blakeman, running for governor of New York, President Trump is not making an endorsement — for now.

“President Trump was clear in the remarks he made yesterday, and no one should pretend to speak for him,” said Chris Boyle, a spokesman for Blakeman, on Tuesday.

A high-level rift in the Republican-controlled House appears to be healing -- but it took President Donald Trump to get involved. New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik caused an uproar this week with a pair of social media posts Monday and Tuesday,

Just days after former President Donald Trump was projected to have won the presidency, Trump's transition team operation has begun, with transition co-chairs confirming that he will be selecting personnel to serve under his leadership in the coming days.